Chapter 26 - American Involvement in the Great War

1914

Assassinated by Black Hand

Central Powers

Germany & Austria-Hungary

Allied Powers

France, England, Russia

1915

Sunk by German submarines

German ambassador

Warn before submarines sink passenger liners

1916

German submarines sank Sussex

Germany

US = weak

1918

Large force of American soldiers

1918

Armistice ended fighting → Treaty of Versailles

1917

Committee on Public Information

"Four Minute Men"

Pro-war speeches + films + posters

1918

War Industrial Board

1917

Espionage Act

1918

Sedition Act

1918

Woodrow Wilson

Long Armistice

20 years b/w WWI + WWII

"Irreconcilables"

Against League of Nations

US

Couldnt stay neutral in WWI

Woodrow Wilson

14 Points + League of Nations

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Assassinated by the Black Hand because of his perceived threat to Serbian independence

The Great War

Included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting also expanding into the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia

Central Powers

In World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies

Allied Powers

An international military coalition formed during the Second World War to oppose the Axis powers, led by Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy

U-Boats

Naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars

Lusitania

A UK-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915

Arabic Pledge

Stated that Germany would warn non-military ships 30 minutes before they sank them to make sure the passengers and crew got out safely

Sussex Pledge

The German government issued a pledge to the United States that the Imperial navy would not attack passenger ships and would further allow the crew of merchant ships which carried war material to exit their vessels before they would be sunk

Zimmermann Telegram

A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany

Election of 1916

Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate

Uncle Sam

A personification of the United States government

John J. Pershing

Served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

A major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front

George Creel

Served as the head of the United States Committee on Public Information, a propaganda organization created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I

Espionage and Sedition Acts

Curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war

Fourteen Points

A statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans

League of Nations

An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations

Henry Cabot Lodge

Served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy

Irreconcilables

Bitter opponents of the Treaty of Versailles in the United States in 1919